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Six freedom fighters were martyred by occupation forces in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) during two separate clashes, police said on Thursday, rounding off another year of oppression by the Modi regime in the disputed territory. According to a police statement, an Indian soldier was also killed while …

Public protests in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) were once an almost weekly occurrence but two years after New Delhi imposed direct rule on the region, locals say arbitrary arrests and intimidation by security forces wielding batons and snatching phones have left many too scared to voice dissent. A …

ISLAMABAD: A top Foreign Office official on Wednesday dismissed the impression that making the Kashmir dispute conditional for resumption of talks with India would lead to a deadlock, as the human rights crisis worsened in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. “Pakistan will take every possible step to save the lives of …

KARACHI: There are no longer backdoor contacts with India to resume the long-stalled talks between the two nuclear neighbours, the national security adviser said. The contacts, according to Dr Moeed Yusuf, have been abandoned because New Delhi failed to take any confidence-building measures, mainly the reversal of its August 2019 …

SRINAGAR: Five freedom fighters were martyred and a soldier of the Indian army was killed on Friday in the latest series of clashes in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) that have left 17 dead in two weeks, police said. The six died in a gunfight in the Rajpora …

Some 139 people, including 18 civilians, have been killed in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) since January this year, according to a human rights report. According to a bi-annual human rights report released on Wednesday by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Indian forces conducted 202 cordons and search …

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a three-hour meeting with top political leaders from Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) on Thursday, has “committed” to restore the occupied valley’s statehood. On August 5, 2019, the Modi’s government had revoked articles in the Indian constitution that guaranteed IIOJK’s partial autonomy …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has approached the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), expressing grave concern on reports that suggest India may be contemplating the imposition of further “illegal and unilateral measures” in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). A letter addressed to the president of UNSC, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi …

SRINAGAR: Allegations of arbitrary detentions, extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances are part of what appears to be an ongoing pattern of serious violations of human rights by Indian forces in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) region, according to UN experts. This concern was raised by five UN special …